Construction Program

     Many impoverished people in the Guatemalan Highlands can only afford to live in mud brick shacks with little or no real protection from the elements. These are often single parent families.

     Some villages consist of little more than corn fields and a church. Often, these villages have children who travel long distances to get to the nearest school, if that school will even accept them. Such villages cannot afford to build their own schools.

     Community leadership in the poorer villages often comes through organized groups (usually women) who encourage education, community activities, and whatever they can to bring health, nutrition, and prosperity to their villages. However, they are not able to afford community amenities such as gathering centers, housing for clinics, well-maintained public laundries, and the like.

Mayan Families Helps to Develop Impoverished Communities by Constructing...

Schools

     The Mayan Families Construction Program has completed numerous projects to help poor schools. We have built classrooms, restrooms, repaired roofs to keep out the heavy rains and reduce heat in the classrooms, added windows to brighten the classrooms, and other important amenities to create for better learning environments.

Homes

     We often discover homeless families victimized by extraordinary circumstances. In many of these cases, Mayan Families has purchased land, built a home and ensured that the family can not be "evicted" by other family members. We also make needed home improvements to bring basic comforts like bathrooms, kitchens, concrete or wood flooring as opposed to dirt, and conveniences for the handicapped.

Community Learning Centers

     We have purchased land and taken on the construction of public learning centers for community gatherings, education, medical and veterinarian clinics, and distribution of donation items.

How you can help the Construction Program

     Please select the Contribute Button. All donations of any amount are gratefully accepted and will be used only for this Program to develop communities and improve the living conditions of poor people.

If you would like your donation to be directed towards a specific project then send a message to specialproject@mayanfamilies.org to alert our construction team.

Most Recent Headlines for the Construction Program

San Jorge Community Center Progress (05/09/2008 08:03 AM)
Muchas Gracias Connexiones (05/06/2008 08:03 AM)
Dona Marta (05/03/2008 05:19 PM)
Tierra Linda School Update (04/26/2008 12:14 PM)
New Public Toilets in San Jorge (04/23/2008 10:09 AM)